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WATER CLOSET. (Application filed Apr. 5, 189B.)

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No. 6l3,.6l6. Patented Nov. I, I898. F. ADEE.

WATER CLOSET.

. (Application filed Apr. 5, 1898.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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WATER CLOSET.

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SPECIFICATIOIF forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,616, dated November 1,1898. Application filed April 5,1898. Serial No. 676,518. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED ADEE, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to water-closets, and has for its principal object to provide means whereby the operation of the flushing devices of the water-closet will be rendered more certain and whereby the said devices will not be strained or broken by sudden shocks.

My invention further consists in other special matters, which will be pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying; drawings, in which Figure 1 is a broken-away side elevation of a water-closet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is abroken-away front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. at is a detailed sectional View, of a portion of the bowl and the wheel or handle for initiating the operation of the flushing devices.

In the drawings, A represents the watercloset bowl, commonly known in the trade as earthenware.

B is the tank; C, the siphon flushingapparatus; D, the flushing-pipe; E, the seat, which is pivoted at e, and F the seat-cover.

The earthenware bowl has formed integral therewith a plurality of boxes G, which are preferably. open at their rear portions, apertured at g for the passage of suitable shafts for operating the working parts of the flushing devices and of a bidet and closed from communication with the interior of the bowl by an integral wall thereof.

F is any suitable or usual water-supply pipe. It will be understood that the tank may be supplied with water in any suitable manner. Mounted in the aperture of one of the boxes G, which are integral with the earthenware bowl, is a shaft a, which turns freely within a sleeve b, secured in the aperture g. The shaft to is provided with a wheel or handle c convenient to the operator of the watercloset, and at the end which is inclosed withthe flow from the flushing device without bringing any sudden jerk or undue strain to bear upon the said device. This feature of my invention is designed to overcome the difficulty now found in water-closets as at present constructed. It is well known that such water-closets are ordinarily provided with a handle suspended from a chain, and this handle is frequently pulled by the operator with more force than discretion, which results in a breakage or disarrangement of the parts, whereas by providing the rotating or swinging handle 0 convenient to the hand of the operator such difficulty is avoided.

On the side of the earthenware opposite to the handle 0 I have shown a bidet. This bidet may, however, bedocated wherever desired. This bidet has been shown in the present instance as a curved pipe at, termi nating in a nozzle or sprayer b, and mounted to turn freely in a sleeve 0 in communica tion with the pipe F. The handle f serves to turn the bidet, which, it will be noticed, when swung up out of the normal operative position shown in dotted lines, is beneath the seat of the closet and concealed from view. By observing Fig. 3, wherein the hole in the seat is shown by the dotted line g, it will be seen that the bidet is to all purposes and intents out of sight when swung up into the fullline position. The position of operation of the bidet is shown in dotted lines. The valve 72/ controls the admission of water to the bidet. This valve is controlled by a valve spindle or shaft 2", provided with the handle or Wheel j. The shaft 2" passes through the aperture in the side of the earthenware box-like part G of the bowl.

The mode of operating the bidet will be obvious. When the operator desires to use the said bidet, he turns the handle f, thereby swinging the bidet into the dotted-line position, and thereupon turns the handle 7" and admits Water to the said bidet, which thereupon sprinkles the exposed parts of the operator.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The earthenware water-closet bowl A provided with one or more integral boxes G, adapted to receive a shaft or shafts for operating the parts of the water-c1oset, the said boxes being closed from communication with the interior of the said closet-bowl by an integral wall thereof and open on one of their sides for the reception of operating parts of the water-closet.

2. In awater-cioset, the combination of an FRED ADEE.

Witnesses:

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